Card I made for Ryan's teacher

I wanted to share the card I made for Ms. Quinton. It turned out really cute.

Our family has definitely had it's share of drama this year and I couldn't have asked for a better teacher for Ryan's first year of school. What a wonderful, supportive woman she is and Ryan loved her.

He wrote on the inside: "Thanks for being my teacher. I will see you in September. I love you Ms. Q. Love, Ryan"

Another busy week!

Pat and I got free tickets to go see Augustana last Friday. This would be my first experience at a bar since I was in treatment last April. I know Pat was very nervous, I actually felt pretty confident. I do have to say, the first couple minutes after we walked in I did feel a pang of envy when I looked around and EVERYONE had a drink in their hand. But it passed quickly. We went up front, watched the bands play and had a blast! It was a good date night. :)

I kept reminding myself to bring my camera all day and of course forgot it. The camera phone didn't take a very quality picture, haha.

Monday the kids and I went to the Central Library and checked out some more books. Then to Powells and it seemed like we were there for HOURS, lol. I'm just so happy that my kids share my love of reading with me. We had lunch downtown and then headed home. Briauna said it was the best day of her life. :D

Tuesday.....oh boy! We had one of Ryan's friends over for a playdate and Briauna had one of her friends come over. Ryan has this HUGE crush on Briauna's friend, it's very adorable. And then a couple of Ryan's little friends have gotten crushes on Briauna. Little boys are just so funny. By next year girls will probably have cooties (I'm hoping). Haha. I spent most of the day doing yard work, my shoulders and back are killing me! But I can't wait to have our backyard done. It's coming along, slowly but surely.

It's supposed to start getting HOT by tomorrow. High 90's for the weekend. I think on Sunday I'm going to take the kids to Jamison Square and let them splash around in the fountain. I NEED to remember my camera this time.

Also, pretty soon we're going to start heading out to Sauvie Island to pick fruit and flowers. If you're interested in going, let me know! A lot of the farms on Sauvie Island have fell victim to a nasty root weavel and won't have strawberries this year. But I found that Kruger Farm was lucky and their strawberries are about ready to pick!

He's just too cool

Last day of kindergarten June 10, 2008

Summer has begun!!!

And we have been busy!!

I am so excited for this summer. We are going to have so much to do, I'm going to make those little nubits looking forward to bedtime each night. LOL

The kids and I started last week with a visit to Portland Nursery. It was fun just to walk around and look at the different plants, flowers, trees, statues, etc. And then the kids each got to pick out a little plant to take home. We went looking for a St. Francis statue for Pat, but of course one can never find one when they actually want one.
Then we headed over to Laurelhurst park to eat lunch by the pond and play at the playground. What a gorgeous day it was!

Monday we went to Central Library and got Ryan his first library card. :D Ryan and Briauna both signed up for a summer reading program through the library, so they're pretty excited about that. They're reading constantly so they can color off another square on the chart.

Monday night we all went to Patrick's soccer game. He plays Monday nights at 7, but they're all in different locations so if you'd like to watch one let us know and we can get you the field info.

(Pat is the dude in the red and black).

Briauna made friends fast, so she had a blast. I was glad, I was worried about the boredom monster rearing its ugly head. LOL

And when Ryan wasn't busy with his Indiana Jones legos, he was sitting buddha-like near the trees contemplating mans exsitence on earth (or something very similar to that, I'm sure).

If you want to get together this summer just let me know! I have lots of trips to the park, the beach, bike rides, zoo trips and lots more planned!

Update on t-ball game tomorrow

It will be at Arbor Lodge park at 9am.

Welcome to the first blog!

I wanted to start up a new website for our friends and family to check in and see what we've been up to.
I had one when Ryan was a wee little guy, but then "blogging" was suggested to me so we'll give it a try!

Ryan and Briauna are officially out of school!! In September we will have a first grader and a fifth grader.
They each had a field trip to go bowling the last week of school. I was a helper for Ryan's class that day and it was SO fun to watch all those kindergartners bowling. Very cute, I hopefully got a couple of good pictures before my camera battery died.

Ryan's last t-ball game will be Saturday. Not sure on the when or where yet because it was just added at the last minute. Their last game was supposed to have been last night but another game has been added.

Hmmm.....what else.... I guess I'll just do some more "blogging" when I think of more. (I don't know why that word cracks me up, lol).